Railway-rail.



J. B. BAUM.

RAILWAY RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1913. 1,083,79 1 Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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J. B. BAUM.

RAILWAY RAIL.

APPIJCATION FILED AUG. 21, 1913. 1,083,791 Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. BAUM, OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-TENTH TO 0. B.

TRUMBO, ONE-TENTH TO J. W. FLEMING, ONE-TENTH TO B. W. SHROPSHIRE, ONE- TENTI-I TO J. E. MCKENZIE, THREE-TWENTIETHS TO 0. W. GRAY, THREE-TWEN- TIETHS TO HARRY LONGWELL, ONE-TWENTIETH T0 LEONA DAVIS, ONE-TWEN- TIETH TO ALICE E. PA'ITON, AND ONE-TW'ENTIETH TO LENA WATERS, ALL OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO.

RAILWAY-RAIL.

Patented Jan. 6, 191 1.

Application filed Augustfil, 1913. Serial No. 785,945.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMEs B. BAUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Junction, in the county of Mesa and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in the construction of railway rails, base plates therefor, and means for securing the rails upon the base plates and for connecting the meeting ends of two rails upon one of the said base plates, and resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail showing the same arranged upon a tie or base plate and secured thereto, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rail, the base flange being shown in section, Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a brace or splice member for connecting two rail ends in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the rail, Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the rail, and Fig. 6 is a top plan View of the rail plate or tie. i

In the accompanying drawings, the rail R comprises a head 1, base 2 and connecting web 3. The rail, it will be noted, is substantially similar to rails of the ordinary construction, but, in the present instance, the base 2 of the rail is centrally formed with longitudinally extending rib 4, the rib being, of course, disposed directly below the web 3, and being preferably of a greater width than the thickness of the said web 3. The base of the rail is provided with semidiamond or substantially V-shaped ridges or teeth 5 which extend in opposite directions from the opposite sides of the rib 4: and which terminate with the opposite longitudinal edges of the base flange of the rail R. While the portions 5 have been referred to as teeth, it will be understood that the sloping sides of the same extend in opposite directions w from their apexes at an angle less than a right angle, and the said apexes are in a plane parallel with that of the flat underface of the rib 4:. The base flange is necessarily of a greater thickness than that of the base flanges of the ordinary rails, and the ridges or teeth 5 to the opposite sides of the rib 4 have their central portions or apexes disposed centrally, or in a plane with the juncture of, two of the sloping sides of the opposite pair of teeth, as clearly illustrated in the figures of the drawings, and by thus arranging one of the teeth medially of two of the opposite teeth, and by providing the rail with the rib 4, a great amount of strength and rigidity is afforded the base of the said rail.

In order to provide for the reception of the rail upon the ties, and in instances where ordinary ties are employed, I provide base plates 6 upon which the rails are adapted to rest, the said plates being secured to the ties in a manner which will presently be set forth. Each of the plates 6 comprises a substantially rectangular member, of a width approximately equaling that of the tie, the said plate being of a suflicient thickness to permit of the same being centrally reduced or cut-away, the longitudinal walls provided by the said cut-away portion or depression and designated by the numeral 7, being spaced to snugly receive the longitudinal edges of the base 2 of the rail R.

The depression has its lower wall formed with longitudinally disposed angular members or teeth 8, the same agreeing with the shape of the teeth 5, and the depressed portion of the plate is centrally formed with a transversely arranged channel 9 which intersects the teeth 8, and the said teeth 8, to one side of the channel have their apexes disposed medially between two of the teeth upon the opposite side of the channel, so that the staggered angular'members or teeth 5 of the base 2 of the rail R will be engaged by the angular members or teeth 5 of the base 2, while the channel 9 provides for the reception of the rib 4 of the said rail.

In order to sustain the rail upon the plate, and the teeth or angular portions into interlocking engagement, the base plate 6 adjacent the longitudinal wall 7 provided by the depression is formed with spaced openings 10, the said openings being adapted for the reception of spikes 11 which enter the tie 12 and which have their heads engaged over the longitudinal edges of the base flange of the rail R. The openings 10 are preferably arranged in pairs upon the opposite ends of the plate 6, and said plate between and at a suitable distance away fromthe openings 10, is formed with rounded depressions, the said depressions adapted to receive studs 14 formed upon the lower edges of the rail brace members 15. The

,members 15 have their inner edges arranged to conform with the fishing spaces of the rails, and to contact with the sides of the rails, and the base-portions of each of the members 15 have their opposite sides flanged, as at 16, adjacent the studs 14, the said flanges being of asuflicient width to be engaged by the heads of thespikes 11 and whereby the said members are effectively sustained upon the plate and the rail. The brace member 15 may have its rail engaging face formed with a plate 17 which projects in opposite directions from the brace proper, the said plate being provided with openings which coincide with openings in the base flanges of the rails, and with similar openings in the fish plates upon the opposite or inner faces of the rails, while passing through the fish plates are the usual bolts 19 provided with the securing nuts 19, whereby two rails may have their ends connected.

The angular members or teeth 5 of the rails R and their co-acting angular members or teeth 8 of the base plate eflectively prevent the creeping or longitudinal movement of the rails, and it is to be understood that the said angular members or teeth are not in the form of corrugations, the said teeth presenting a more rounded surface whereby a longitudinal or creeping movement of the rails maybe afforded with only a minimum amount of resistance. 7 The teeth 5 when engaged by the teeth'S are interlocked, and the angular walls of the said members are so arranged as to prevent the rail being raised above the teeth or angular members of the base plate when a force of pressure in a direct longitudinal movement is applied to the said rail, or in other words, the rail R must be raised above the teeth of the base plate 6 before the rail can be moved longitudinally of the plate.

While I have illustrated and described the tie 12 provided with face plates 6, it is to be understood that, if desired, the said tie may have its ends depressed and formed with teeth, similar to the teeth 8, and with a centrally disposed transverse channel similar to the channel 9, the said structure being illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A railway rail having its base formed.

of two series of teetheach arranged upon the underface of the base of the rail and disposed transversely thereof and one of the series of teeth being arranged intermediate of the second series. 7

2. A rail having its base formed upon its underface with a centrally disposed longitudinally extending rib, and the teeth extending in opposite directions from the said ribs.

3. A rail having its base formed upon its underface with a centrally disposed longitudinally extending rib, and the teeth extending in opposite transverse directions from the said ribs, and communicating with the longitudinal edges of the base of the rail.

4. A rail having its base formed upon its underface with a centrally disposed longitudinally extending rib, and teeth extending in opposite transverse directions from the said ribs, and the teeth to one side of the rib being arranged medially between the teeth upon the opposite side of the rail.

5. A rail having the underface of its base centrally formed with a longitudinally extending rib, the said base being provided with teeth which extend in opposite directions from the said rail, the teeth having their sides arranged at an angle less than a right angle, and the teeth extending from one of the sides of the rail being disposed medially of the teeth which extend from the opposite side of the rail.

6. A rail having its base flange upon its underface provided with staggered transversely arranged teeth, a tie plate secured to a tie, said plate having a centrally depressed portion, and the lower wall provided by the depression being formed with staggered teeth which are adapted to receive the staggered teeth of the base of the rail, and means for securing the rail upon the plate and the plate upon the tie.

7. In combination, a rail,.a tie, and a rail plate upon the tie, said rail having its base formed upon its lower face with transversely disposed longitudinally extending ribs and having staggered teeth arranged transversely of the base and extending in opposite directions from the ribs, the plate hav-, ing a depression, the lower wall of which being formed with longitudinally extending staggered teeth which are centrally interrupted by a transversely arranged channel, the base of the rail adapted to be arranged upon the depression and having its rib received within the'ohannel and its teeth coacting with the teeth of the said plate, and

formed upon its lower face with transversely disposed longitudinally extending ribs and having staggered teeth arranged trans-' versely of the base'and extending in opposite directions from the ribs, the plate having a depression, the lower wall of which being formed with longitudinally extending staggered teeth which are centrally interrupted by a transversely arranged channel, the base of the rail adapted to be arranged upon the depression and having its rib re ceived within the channel and its teeth 00- acting with the teeth of the said plate, means for securing the rail within the depression of the plate and the rail upon the tie, a brace member arranged upon the tie and adapted to contact with the rail, said base member having its base provided with oppositely extending flanges, a stud upon the brace, the plate being provided with an opening for the reception of the stud, the plate being further provided with spike openings arranged to the opposite side of the above mentioned opening, spikes passing JAMES B. BAUM.

Witnesses:

ORUS B. TRUMBO, JOHN A. SILCOTT.

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